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Re: WHAT ARE THOUGHTS...
In article <4jb0po$74j@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, Venkat Puntambekar
<venkatp@Synopsys.COM> writes:
>1: do not reject thoughts(let them come as they may)
>2: do not create thoughts
>3: do not hold the thoughts
>4: do not follow thoughts
>
>While I do not dispute the effect of this form of meditation,
>my rational thinking has lot of questions. What is the
>difference between the thoughts just coming your way and YOU
>creating the thoughts. Meaning how can thoughts come to you
>without you creating them.
>
>Did anyboyd have to deal with such things before and find any
>answers. People practicing meditation may have some
>understanding. Can you please enlighten me.
>
It help me to understand that, ironically, "I" wasn't doing the thinking,
but, in fact, "I" was being thought. Does this make sense? This separate
"I" itself is composed of solidified thought and has no independent life
of its own. I think Ramana Maharshi called it "a barnacle" on the Self
Also worth contemplating is whether it is more likely there are 6 billion
(or whatever) separate minds or 6 billions outlets for one mind.
Good Luck in your endeavor.
Sam
